Instituting Wellness Programs & Benefits For ALL Your Employees, Regardless of Location

Coordinator of Wellness Programs at Beacon Health System, where Dawn coordinates, develops, and creates wellness program offerings to Beacon associates and their families through various educational opportunities, personal challenges, coaching, and online resources to assist individuals in their well-being journey. Having 17 years of experience in benefits and wellness realm. Dawn has assisted Beacon in holding Healthiest Employer (H100) designation three consecutive years. Dawn currently holds Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist designation and has played a vital role in increased engagement in various program offerings as well as continued growth of the wellness program.

Annette Vota is the Director of Benefits and HRIS for Beacon Health System in South Bend, Indiana and is responsible for the Employee Benefit Programs.  She has over 20 years of experience in the world of Employee Benefits, and is not shy to admit she is a “Benefits Geek” with a passion for helping people understand and take advantage of their benefits. Beacon Health System is a regional not-for-profit healthcare organization serving patients in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. With over 7,000 associates located across five counties and over 70 different locations, Beacon is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that strives to meet the needs of a diverse population. This benefit package includes a “Home Grown” Wellness Plan, the LiGHT Program (Living in Good Health Together). This program has been a labor of love for Annette, and has helped propel Beacon Health System to being named one of the Top 100 Healthiest Employers in Indiana for several years running.

Chief Human Resources Officer Shawn Premer is responsible for providing leadership in establishing and implementing human resource strategies at Consumers. Her primary focus is on wellness initiatives and employee engagement. She serves as the director of the Michigan Chapter of Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM); Premer has recently joined the board of the Michigan Fitness Foundation and has become a faculty member of the Michigan Healthy Worksite Learning Collaborative. She has been managing worksite wellness programs since 2003. She has been responsible for the design and implementation of wellness programs in retail, manufacturing and service industry workplaces. Under Premer’s leadership, Consumers Credit Union has been selected as 101 Best and Brightest Workplace for 7 years, Michigan’s Healthiest Workplace in 2019 and selected as a national Healthiest 100 workplace. In 2018 Shawn was selected as a top Wellness Professional in the US with a Wellbeing 100 Award from the Corporate Health and Wellness Association.